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Spotlighted on our Then & Now Feature: Edition 377 - September 25th, 2005 .

Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Butler grew up under the veil of apartheid, an official government policy of discrimination against non-whites. The youngest of twelve children, Jonathan found his escape in music. He began singing publicly at the age of seven and was touring his poverty-stricken country as part of a traveling variety show before he was even in his teens.

In the course of events, Butler's talents came to the attention of Clive Caulder who signed the then 13-year-old to a deal with Jive Records. The resulting single made history in South Africa ... see entire article .



Jonathan Butler
 Jive
 1987


Do You Love Me?
 Encoded Music
 1997


Jonathan
Rendezvous Ent.
2005

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